Harry Kane's astonishing stat shows that all the 'three season wonder' needs is service after Fulham display

Harry Kane celebrates with Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen, who set up his goals

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Harry Kane proved that once again if you give him the ball he will punish the teams lining up against Tottenham Hotspur.

Once labelled a 'one season wonder', Kane has bagged ten goals in his last nine matches in domestic competitions after hitting a hat-trick against Fuham in the FA Cup to fire Spurs into the quarter-finals.

It was his fifth hat-trick for the north Londoners and after a spell of five games without a goal from open play - how Vincent Janssen would love to have that stat - Kane roared back to life and the difference was service.

While Spurs have created few chances in recent encounters, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli were back to their creative best against the Championship side on Sunday afternoon.

Mauricio Pochettino named another strong side for Spurs' second cup clash within a few days with Kane again leading their line despite his knee knock in the week.

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Jan Vertonghen was back in the starting XI after his absence with his ankle injury. Janssen returned to the bench after being left out of the squad for the trip to Gent and with his manager's desire for him to "show more" no doubt ringing in his ears, but he never entered the field of play.

Fulham started in lively fashion but it was Spurs who went close early on with Christian Erisken denied by a last-gasp Tomas Kalas challenge before Dele Alli rolled a shot wide of the left post.

Harry Kane scores his first goal past goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli

The opening goal came on 16 minutes with a quick throw from Kieran Trippier to Eriksen and the Dane curled a perfect cross in for Kane to volley home on the slide.

Alli almost doubled the lead moments later when Toby Alderweireld picked him out with a ball but the young England international couldn't get a good connection on his shot in the box.

The goal had rattled Fulham and they began giving the ball away. Eriksen should have scored and Kane had a chance deflected over the crossbar.

Spurs stamped their authority on the game early in the second half. Harry Winks swept a superb curling ball out to Trippier, who knocked it back to Eriksen and the midfielder sent the ball into the feet of Kane to fire home.

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Kane fired over from an Alli lofted pass before completing his hat-trick on 72 minutes, Eriksen and Alli combining before the latter played in the striker to run on and hit a low shot past Marcus Bettinelli.

Janssen's exile continued as Moussa Sissoko, Mousa Dembele and Josh Onomah were the substitutes used by the manager in the final minutes and Sissoko tested Bettinelli in added time with a low shot.

The manner of the victory will put Spurs back on track with the return leg against Gent at Wembley to come on Thursday followed by Sunday's Premier League match against Stoke City.